The _NewsletterInitializationService_ component is used to initiate some data for the newsletter portlet.
The configuration of this component is found in _packaging/ecmdemo/webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/sample-portal/wcm/newsletter-configuration.xml_.

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<note><para>
The Newsletter portlet and its services are deprecated. It remains fully supported for eXo customers, however it will not receive any enhancement and will be removed from the product scope in the future.
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{code:xml}<component>
    <type>org.exoplatform.services.wcm.newsletter.NewsletterInitializationService</type>
    <init-params>
        <values-param>
            <name>portalNames</name>
            <value>classic</value>
            <value>acme</value>
        </values-param>
        <values-param>
            <name>administrators</name>
            <value>root</value>
            <value>john</value>
        </values-param>
        <object-param>
            <name>marketing</name>
            <description>marketing</description>
            <object type="org.exoplatform.services.wcm.newsletter.NewsletterCategoryConfig">
                <field name="name">
                    <string>marketing</string>
                </field>
                <field name="title">
                    <string>Marketing</string>
                </field>
                <field name="description">
                    <string>You want to know where we are, where we go ?</string>
                </field>
                <field name="moderator">
                    <string>*:/platform/web-contributors</string>
                </field>
            </object>
        </object-param>
        <object-param>
            <name>general</name>
            <description>general</description>
            <object type="org.exoplatform.services.wcm.newsletter.NewsletterCategoryConfig">
                <field name="name">
                    <string>general</string>
                </field>
                <field name="title">
                    <string>General</string>
                </field>
                <field name="description">
                    <string>General information about us</string>
                </field>
                <field name="moderator">
                    <string>*:/platform/web-contributors</string>
                </field>
            </object>
        </object-param>
        <object-param>
            <name>subscription2</name>
            <description>subscription2</description>
            <object type="org.exoplatform.services.wcm.newsletter.NewsletterSubscriptionConfig">
                <field name="name">
                    <string>results</string>
                </field>
                <field name="title">
                    <string>Results</string>
                </field>
                <field name="description">
                    <string>Monthly newsletter about our results and forecasts</string>
                </field>
                <field name="categoryName">
                    <string>general</string>
                </field>
                <field name="redactor">
                    <string>*:/platform/web-contributors</string>
                </field>
            </object>
        </object-param>
        <object-param>
            <name>subscription1</name>
            <description>subscription1</description>
            <object type="org.exoplatform.services.wcm.newsletter.NewsletterSubscriptionConfig">
                <field name="name">
                    <string>checklist</string>
                </field>
                <field name="title">
                    <string>Check-List</string>
                </field>
                <field name="description">
                    <string>Weekly newsletter with general topics</string>
                </field>
                <field name="categoryName">
                    <string>general</string>
                </field>
                <field name="redactor">
                    <string>*:/platform/web-contributors</string>
                </field>
            </object>
        </object-param>
        <object-param>
            <name>subscription3</name>
            <description>subscription3</description>
            <object type="org.exoplatform.services.wcm.newsletter.NewsletterSubscriptionConfig">
                <field name="name">
                    <string>market</string>
                </field>
                <field name="title">
                    <string>The market</string>
                </field>
                <field name="description">
                    <string>What's on the market today ?</string>
                </field>
                <field name="categoryName">
                    <string>marketing</string>
                </field>
                <field name="redactor">
                    <string>*:/platform/web-contributors</string>
                </field>
            </object>
        </object-param>
        <object-param>
            <name>user1@gmail.com</name>
            <description>user1@gmail.com</description>
            <object type="org.exoplatform.services.wcm.newsletter.config.NewsletterUserConfig">
                <field name="mail">
                    <string>user1@gmail.com</string>
                </field>
            </object>
        </object-param>
        <object-param>
            <name>user2@gmail.com</name>
            <description>user2@gmail.com</description>
            <object type="org.exoplatform.services.wcm.newsletter.config.NewsletterUserConfig">
                <field name="mail">
                    <string>user2@gmail.com</string>
                </field>
            </object>
        </object-param>
    </init-params>
</component>{code}

*Details*:

* *Value-param*

||*Name*||*Type*||*Value*||*Description*||
|*portalNames* | {{string}} | {{classic, acme}} | The portal names.|
|*administrators* | {{string}} | {{root}} | The administrator who manages the newsletter portlet.|

* *Object-param*:
** *object type*: {{org.exoplatform.services.wcm.newsletter.NewsletterCategoryConfig}}
||*Field*||*Type*||*Description*||
|*name* |{{string}}| The name of categories or subscriptions.|
|*title* |{{string}} |The title of categories or subscriptions.|
|*description*|{{string}} |The description of categories or subscriptions. |
|*moderator* |{{string}}|The users or groups that can moderate the newsletter portlet.|
|*categoryName* |{{string}}|The categories name.|
|*redactor* |{{string}}|The users or groups that are newsletter redactor.|
|*mail*|{{string}} |The email that user uses to subscribe.|
